2026 Speakers

Globally renowned climate leaders, pioneers and practitioners will share their expertise, experiences and solutions across the Main Stage and Global Action Stage, at the Forum.

Adair Turner

Co-Chair

Alessandra Fajardo

Technical Executive Director

Allison Lin

Global VP of Healthy Planet and Chief Circularity Officer

Andreas Gunst

Partner

Andrew Steer

Professor in Practice at LSE

Ani Dasgupta

President and CEO

Ann Hildago

Former Mayor of Paris

Anna Murray

Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing

Barbara Buchner

CEO

Bruno-Frédéric Baudouin

Chief Executive Officer

Caroline Reid

Senior Sustainability Director

Claire Lund

Chief Sustainability Officer

David Kennedy

CEO

Dr Angel Hsu

Founder of Data-Driven EnviroLab, Lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

Dyogo Oliveira

CEO

Elizabeth Strucken

Vice President

Faustine Delasalle

CEO

Fiona Howarth

Founder & Chair

H.E. Mukhtar Babayev

Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Climate Issues

Hans Bogaard

Director Agribusiness

HE. Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Amri

President of UNEA-7 and President of the Environment Authority of Oman

Hiroshi Matsuda

SVP & Chief Regional Officer, Europe, Middle East & Africa

Jóhanna Hlín Auðunsdóttir

Director of Climate & Sustainability

Karin Svensson

Chief Sustainability Officer

Leslie Maasdorp

CEO

Marina Grossi

President

Marisa Drew

Chief Sustainability Officer

Mark Barton

Forum Chair

Mattias Frumerie

Climate Ambassador and Head of Delegation to UNFCCC at Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

Ovais Sarmad

GHG Protocol and Former Deputy Executive Secretary

Peter Spiller

Partner

Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma

President for COP26 and Chair

Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Honorary President

Serena McIlwain

Secretary of the Environment

Stephanie Pfeifer OBE

CEO

Tim Mohin

CEO

Tom Mitchell

Executive Director

Tzeporah Berman

Chair and Founder

Vicky Sins

Head of Programme - Planet

Wayne Hubbard

Circular Economy Leader & Advisor, UnfoldCC

Wen-Yu Weng

Executive Lead

Yan Wyss

Global Head of Public Affairs

Ali Mohamed

Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change

Andy Deacon

Co-Managing Director

Bruno-Frédéric Baudouin

Chief Executive Officer

Clare Shakya

Global Managing Director of Climate

David Meredith

Programme Director

Dorah Modise

Executive Director

Dr Angel Hsu

Founder of Data-Driven EnviroLab, Lead author of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

Dr. Kirsten Dunlop

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Mischa Lentz

Head of Climate Finance

Faith Ward

Chair

Jesper Hörnberg

CEO

Katrin Harvey

Secretary General

Luis Neves

CEO

Maria Narazova-Doyle

Global Head of Sustainable Investment

Nigar Arpadarai

Member of Parliament & UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29

Patricia Scotland

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General; Member of the House of Lords of the UK

Peter Easton

Editor-in-Chief, Accountability in a Sustainable World Quarterly; Notre Dame Alumni Professor of Accounting & Academic Director, Centre for Accounting Research & Education

Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE

Chair

Samantha Stratton-Short

Global Chief Climate Officer

Santiago Lefebvre

Founder & CEO

Sean Kidney

CEO

Solitaire Townsend

Chief Solutionist & Founder Futerra, Chair - Action Stage

Stefania Di Bartolomeo

CEO

Steve Waygood

CEO & Founder

Tavraj Bhanga

Partner & Co-Head

Titilayo Oshodi

Special Adviser to the Governor on Climate Change and Circular Economy

Wanjira Mathai

Managing Director, Africa and Global Partnerships